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The MHRC, after deliberating the plea of two persons arrested in two separate cases, found the charges levelled against them as illegal and directed the state police to pay compensation of Rs 50,000 each.
Denying prosecution sanction and harassing victim families is the new norm: EEVFAM
Although the year 2022 is not even halfway over, there already have been 207 cases of violence against Christians in the country, according to UCF
KWOHR stated that it does not believe in resorting to such hate mongering and name callings which are detrimental to society as a whole.
The Kuki Overseas Community Network condemned the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of Mark Haokip and stated that the FIRs were lodged against the IHRA president with ulterior motives and ill intention.
The arrest of IHRA Manipur Chapter president Dr Mark Thangmang Haokip on Tuesday witnessed a massive protest rally in various parts of the hill districts, including Churachandpur, and Sadar Hills Kangpokpi district.
IFP IMPACT: The principal secretary (works) and chief engineer of state Public Works Department have been asked by the MHRC to respond within three weeks on a suo-motu case regarding a contractor leaving the road unattended after allegedly withdrawing funds in Churachandpur district. The MHRC has fixed the next proceeding on June 6.
In a bid to address the issues of violence, UNMM organised a workshop on ‘Questioning the future of Manipur and UN International Humanitarian Law’ at Sangai Hall, Hotel Imphal on Wednesday.
Incidents of arson, ransacking, intimidation, beating up of journalists and threatening of women including the Meira Paibi have been on the rise, says YCM convenor Chanthoi.
IFP Editorial: The Manipur Human Rights Commission still remains a paper tiger, powerless without adequate support staff. The government needs to come clean on why a full-fledged chairperson and another member is not appointed.
The downtrodden should of course never never plead or demand their minimum entitled dues and human rights!
The MPRFM stated that the District Councils Bill 2021 recommended by HAC is less about devolution of powers to ADC and more about granting powers, especially, executive powers to Hill Areas Committee.
Mark T Haokip was awarded honorary doctorate based on the thesis ‘Human Rights between the Rights of Self-Determination and Concept of Political Sovereignty in the Context of Kuki Political Rights in Indo-Myanmar and Indo-Bangladesh’.
RTI activists are vulnerable because they live in the same area as public authorities and political leaders who do not want information about their activities to be disclosed.
"I will not turn away," writes Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie as she debuts on Instagram to share the voices and stories of those who are fighting for basic human rights.
The MHRC has directed the Director General of Police and Social Welfare director to monitor drug de-addiction centres in the state.
Muslim Women Rights Day is observed in India on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the law against Triple Talaq.
The ZORO submitted to the chairperson of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York, and the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Geneva, on Saturday.
The Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has issued recommendations to the state government as per the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993, in view of the Covid pandemic situation in the state
The persecuted citizens are likely to seek refuge in the neighbouring states of lndia, including Manipur, the Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights in Manipur and the United Nations (CSCHR) said.
